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John A. Wheatley — 7 Patents in 2021

3M: 7 patents #14 of 1,276Top 2%
Stillwater, MN: #1 of 85 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #157 of 7,038 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (2021): #16,602 of 548,734Top 4%
7 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11204456 Optical camouflage filter Guanglei Du, William B. Kolb, John C. Schultz, Daoyun Song, Luke D. Riveness 2021-12-21 $88,068,000
11187576 Optical filters having spatially variant microreplicated layers Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Rolf W. Biernath, Sara S. Merritt, James M. Hillis +2 more 2021-11-30 $50,159,000
11163099 Spectrally selective light control film Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson, David T. Yust +4 more 2021-11-02 $54,104,000
11054556 Optical camouflage filters Guanglei Du, David T. Yust, Neeraj Sharma, Gilles J. Benoit, Ellison G. Kawakami +1 more 2021-07-06 $56,153,000
11016229 Optical filter Gilles J. Benoit, Todd A. Ballen, Kenneth L. Smith, Guanglei Du, Edward J. Kivel +3 more 2021-05-25 $57,434,000
11009637 Optical stack Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath, Christopher A. McLaughlin, Sherie A. Kristie 2021-05-18 $91,076,000
10913199 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character William W. Merrill, Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Dennis L. Krueger 2021-02-09 $72,648,000